The Goths & Other Stories

"In the winter of 476 A.D. the Ostrogoths, hungry and exhausted from wandering for months along the barren confines of the Byzantine Empire, wrote to Emperor Zeno in Constantinople requesting permission to enter the walled city of Epidaurum and just kinda crash and charge their phones. Closer t...

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Main Author: Zamler-Carhart, Sasha (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY punctum books 2020
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